Our Diocesan Vision is that the Kingdom of God is good news for all, and that fundamentally includes Children, Young People and Families.

A key priority of our Parish Support Team strategy is to support and enable parishes to Grow Active Young Disciples. The Growing Younger team has been put together around this priority and a lot of our work is based around the national Church of England movement that is Growing Faith.

We really hope that the Growing Younger pages give you what you need to strengthen your ministry amongst children and young people. We try to cover all areas of your ministry; celebrate your local stories and inspire new growth. 

Contact us at GrowingYounger@derby.anglican.org if there is anything we can do to support you in growing a ministry or building a new ministry amongst children and young people.

Click this link book your place at our leaders' gathering

For some, simply connecting with others was a real highlight of our recent conference. A chance to catch-up with those on similar journeys of faithfully growing children and young people’s ministry.

This is your opportunity to continue those connections with friends old and new. If you lead children and young people’s ministry in your setting (whether paid of voluntary) we invite you to come and be a part of a community of encouragement and shared learning. We we are planning more opportunities to gather together, timings and days will vary to allow a range of people to be able to attend.

Our next gathering is:

Wednesday 15th July 10am-2pm: Church House, Full Street, Derby, DE1 3DR

Lunch is included

Come with questions to ask or stories to share.

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Growing a Younger Church newsletter.

Are you on the mailing list for our mailing? It's packed full of creative ideas and resources for you to use in your Parishes; whether you are starting out with a dream to build something new with your children and young people or whether you have an established group and are looking for fresh ideas.. We've got you. We are also going to be sharing stories from across the Diocese of ways that churches are ministrering to their children and young people so do send in your stories that we can share with others. 

We send the mailing out every couple of months.. all you need to do is sign up and you will receive the mailing direct to your In-Box. 

Sign up for our mailing by following this link

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• Home

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• Introducing Growing Faith

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• Making Church Accessible

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• Growing Faith in schools

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• Youth Ministry Resources

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• Training, Events and Opportunities

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• Children's and Family Ministry resources

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• Good News Stories from our Parishes

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• Funding - Children and Youth Work

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• Growing a Younger Church conference 2026

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Meet the Growing Younger Team

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  Growing Younger Communications & Resourcing Officer (job-share)

  Debbie Patrick 01332 388665 debbie.patrick@derby.anglican.org Debbie works on a Monday and Wednesday
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  Growing Younger Communications & Resourcing Officer (job-share)

  Rowan Rankin 01332 401726 rowan.rankin@derby.anglican.org Rowan works on a Monday and Wednesday

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If you are looking to develop your youth, children's families and/or schools ministry, or if you have stories of innovative ministry with children, young people and families to share with others.....

please get in touch at growingyounger@derby.anglican.org.